This Week in Betting, A to Z--A - Arena Football League. The AFL is taking a year off to get their business in order. The question is whether anyone will care, or even notice.

Profit In The NFL Pre-Season--Profit from August NFL action.
1) Coaching Attitudes regarding the Pre-Season overall.
A brief look at history proves this to be factual. Marv Levy, in his tenure with the Buffalo Bills, was notorious for not caring about Pre-Season games and recorded a won/loss ATS percentage of less than .333.

Court Rules Tribal Casino is Merely a Casino--The federal Court of Appeals has declared that, at least for labor law, tribal casinos are to be treated exactly the same as casinos that are owned by private citizens. In other words, a tribal casino is not a part of a government, but merely just another privately owned business.

An Attempt To Gut The UIGEA--On April 10, 2008, a Congressional odd couple introduced a bill that would eviscerate the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (“UIGEA”).

Mixed Signals With iMEGA vs. Alberto Gonzales, et al.--The online gambling community seemingly scored a big victory yesterday when non-profit online gambling organization iMEGA announced on its website that, "Judge Mary L. Cooper, of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, [granted] iMEGA the standing to pursue a challenge of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA)."

Professional Tennis Faces Mobile Betting Threat--Both the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) seem to be taking measures to protect the integrity of the game after allegations of illegal betting arose last summer.

Bubble Watch 2/25--Selection Sunday is now under three weeks away and many teams are fighting to lock up at-large berths. Here at CopeMoney Sports, we will run a Bubble watch updated every Monday and Friday, until March 11, when it will be updated daily.

What does Joe Pisarcik have to do with Super Bowl XLII? Nothing and everything.

Super Bowl XLII Proposition Betting Market--The opening line has been released and to nobody’s surprise the New England Patriots have been anointed favorites by close to two TDs (12˝-points to be exact) with the Over/Under set at 53˝.

NFL Betting: NFC Championship Early Look--38 year old gunslinger Brett Favre joined Joe Montana as the lone players to pass for more than 5,000 yards in the postseason, as the Green Bay Packers delivered the Seattle Seahawks a 42-20 spanking in Saturday's division championship game.

As Michael O'Leary told reporters when they announced their intention to add cell phones: "If you want a quiet flight, use another airline. "Ryanair is noisy, full and we are always trying to sell you something."

Handicapping The Bowls--Here are some important factors to remember when handicapping the College Football Bowl Season. Enjoy, Good Luck, and Happy Holidays!

Totals Wagering: Don't Ignore Defenses--When examining football totals, many focus on the offensive strengths for overs or weaknesses on unders. Does this team have a decent quarterback? Can they pass the football? Could the weather be a factor? Is the game indoors? Does this team have a capable backup QB if the starter is hurting?

Fouth Quarter Comebacks Can Carry Over--Good handicappers put a circle around a team every time they have an exciting fourth quarter comeback. One betting angle that's worth playing attention to is how a team performs the week after a fourth-quarter comeback.

Those Stumbling Lions--The times that try men’s souls! Late season football brings pressures on teams that weren’t there early in the season.

Weather Changes--Successful handicappers, like profitable businesses, know the importance of flexibility. Business strategies that worked six months ago might not work now, with consumer tastes changing, interest rate adjustments or simple market shifts.

Tuesday Morning Coffee--Monday morning Coffee I will always admit when I was clearly wrong and needless to say my Big 10 10* Game of the Year was a huge disappointment with PSU losing by10 to Ohio State.

Monday Morning Coffee College Football--Monday Morning Coffee College Football continues to do well. 2 weeks ago, I won my 10* MONSTER DOG Game of the Year, a 7* Monster DOG and now this past week won both of my 5* MONSTER plays with Florida and Auburn.

Emotion in Football--We all look at matchups and stats when assessing point spreads and potential winning angles. Another area most noticeable in college sports is emotion.

Monday Morning Coffee--Monday Morning Coffee MLB playoff results continue to be strong. I am now 5-1 with my 5* MONSTER plays over the past 2 playoff seasons and I made over $6K wagering just $100 per * unit play and it also marked by 13th out of 14 seasons where i showed a significant profit for MLB.

NFL Defenses--The top 4 defenses in the NFL last year? In order, Chicago, Baltimore, Jacksonville and Dallas. Three of them made the playoffs and one made the Super Bowl. Two years ago?

British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007--You may have heard of the "British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007" recently released by the British Government, but chances are that you've neither seen nor are likely to brave its 186 pages of charts, graphs and observations.

2008 NHL Predictions--It seems like only yesterday the NHL Hockey season was concluding with the Anaheim Ducks hoisting the Stanley Cup for the first time in their existence.